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Holy crap.
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 6:30 am
by rsilk
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.p ... quick-look
This is kind of a big deal. I wonder if some of sparkfun's retail-packaged stuff will start going that way as well?
Re: Holy crap.
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 7:32 pm
by DigitalOSH
Man, I really hope this hits Canada, radio shack has been going downhill from the second that circuit city bought them...
Re: Holy crap.
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:58 pm
by JamesCooper
Like the guys in that post, I remember hunting around at Radio Shack as a kid for parts. I had IR LEDs and phototransistors, solar cells, motors, perf board, and plenty of other toys. I think that's even where I got my first Weller iron.
Then one day they stopped carrying resistors. All you could get was TVs, stereos, and computers. Radio Shack had turned into Future Shop.
I really hope they bring it back and I hope that The Source (which really isn't any different than their Circuit City parents) goes back to this legacy. InterTan components and Forrest M. Mims circuit books for everyone!